Janice BoernerThough Jan Boerner was born in Texas, she and her family moved to Arizona when she was only nine months old. Throughout school, she was an honor student, graduating as salutatorian from high school. She had the highest grade point average in her gradating class at Arizona State University, graduating summa cum laude. She worked as a teaching assistant while completing her Master’s Degree at Arizona State University. After college, she was one of the founding faculty at Glendale Community College, one of the original Maricopa Community Colleges in Arizona. During thirty-five years, along with other achievements, she served as English Department Chair for twelve years, organized the first honors program for students, served on the Basic Skills Advisory Committee, began the Writing Center, and helped design the English computer building. As an English composition instructor, she, along with Diana and Joy, designed a Self-Paced, Computerized Delivery of a developmental English program for which they were recognized as “Innovators of the Year.” She also served on the National Two-Year College Committee for the National Council of Teachers of English. After retiring from Glendale Community College in 1998, she has enjoyed her retirement, being an enthusiastic sports fan of the Phoenix Mercury women’s basketball team and the Arizona Diamondbacks. When she isn’t attending a game or reading mystery novels, she enjoys hiking in state parks and taking photographs of nature. She is also involved in cultural activities and is a member of The Phoenix Art Museum, the Desert Botanical Garden, the Nature Conservancy, and the Arizona Science Center. She is also a season subscriber to the Phoenix Symphony and often goes to the Phoenix zoo where she enjoys watching the animals. It is no wonder that she is a cat lover who has been known to pick up a stray cat, take it to the vet, pay to have cacti needles removed, only to turn around and find it a good home. Read More Read Less